Change the user in bin/bash

Question

I want a script X.sh to switch users and perform an action, but so far I have this:

 #!/bin/sh

 sudo su partner -s /bin/bash 
 supervisord -c ~/supervisord.conf
exit

I want that the user partner execute supervisord and exit, but all I get is a switched user in the comand line a bash shell, doing the su partner -s /bin/bash is the only way in which I can access the partner user.

Please Help

Sorry I forgot my .conf file, I tried that way and it did not work, I'll edit my question — ocespedes, Apr 16 '14 at 22:51
@Rmano Had the right idea. sudo su partner -s /bin/bash -c 'supervisord -c ~/supervisord.conf' That is assuming ~/supervisord.conf is in fact in the partner user's home directory. — ptierno, Apr 16 '14 at 22:53

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

You should use sudo -u partner supervisord -C ~/supervisord.conf instead, and set up your current user in the /etc/sudoers file. An entry to allow user "current" to execute this command as "partner" would look something like this:

current ALL=(partner:partner) NOPASSWD: /path/to/supervisord

Make sure and use visudo instead of trying to edit the sudoers file manually. There is a more in-depth but simple explanation of the sudoers file syntax here.

Change the user in bin/bash

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